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Mexican Jay

Aphelocoma wollweberi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,335, February 1,277, March 1,451, April 2,753, May 1,687, June 819, July 736, August 760, September 903, October 962, November 1,253, December 1,214.
United States251,355
Texas15,152
New Mexico5,060
Arizona4,131
Mexico1,819
Nuevo Leon663
Coahuila de Zaragoza306
Guanajuato289
Chihuahua136
San Luis Potosi79

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • Tool-usingUses tools to obtain food or solve problemsChecked by the maintainer
  • SmartDemonstrates problem-solving and learningChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • OmnivoreFeeds on both plants and animalsFrom its classification

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyCrows, Jays, and Magpies · Corvidae
GenusScrub-Jays and Allies · Aphelocoma

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